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The nest NCDC meeting will be held this coming Monday. There are approximatly 200 properties on the list, including this one on Camp Street I will be photographing and posting them this weekend.

Today while driving down Claiborne Avenue after photographing houses slated for demolition I heard this NPR report which began.. “It has been almost 3 years since Hurricane Katrina”:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91163211…and for many of us the word since seems a poor choice. It is still Katrina and it is Katrina everyday. The idea that FEMA and HUD will […]

With all the destruction and loss in New Orleans it was nice to see these 2 pieces of History sitting next to each other in the salvage yard. A door from “C.J.Peete”:http://www.asergeev.com/pictures/archives/compress/2006/496/10.htm and a Cupboard from the “Wilson School”:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10228892 Hopefully they will stay here in New Orleans a find another use. I found this tucked […]

The June 2 meeting has been canceled due to improper notification issues.

photo by Skeleton Krewe No review

The Neighborhood Conservation District Committee of the City of New Orleans will hold its meeting on Monday, June 2, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. at 1300 Perdido Street, City Hall in City Council Chambers on the 1st floor. owner initiated demolitions NEW BUSINESS: “1800-02 Desire St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/1800-02.Desire.Street “4137 General Ogden St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/4137.General.Ogden.Street “2118 Congress St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2118.Congress.Street “2426 N. Miro […]

The application for demolition for this property was denied. So why is the GAS OFF markings there, a sure sign the property is being prepped for demolition.

It seems to me that there should be more than one water hose on this demolition and that the Contractor should have protective gear on. With all the contaminants flying in the air into the residential Neighborhood this seems illegal as well as immoral. on a related note The series explores the root causes of […]

“link to news article”:http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-28/1211261437288960.xml&coll=1 One of the residents affected by the uncertainty Walter Gallas Interior of one of the homes in the “footprint”

While driving around the City taking photos of houses on the agenda for Mondays demolition hearings, I began to notice that the utilities were cut off BEFORE approval and that the subcontractor was defacing the property by spray painting the initials of the company, AJM. There were a couple of things that struck me about […]